Device for and method of protecting clothing



April 2,1935'. v M. 'v. DAVIS v 1,996,367-

, vsviclz: FOR. AND METHOD OF PRCTECTING CLOTHING Filed Feb. -7, 1953INIVENTOR' Patented Apr. 2', I935 UNITED s'rATEs PATENTIOFFICE I1,990,361 DEVICE Foa AND nmrnon or rao'rscrm cLo'rnma Y Mary VirginiaDavis, lilanteea, Calif. Application February 7, 193:, Serial No. scam 1Claim.

This, invention relates to protecting devices for women's gowns andother garments of the type that are slipped on and removed from over theI With the'custom of 'rouging the cheeks and the lips now prevalent inthis country, retail shop- .keepers dealing in women's gowns have foundthat a considerable percentage of new gowns become soiled and renderedunsaleable after having 10 been tried on by the prospective customers.This is because a certain amount of the face and lip coloring'matter onthe person on whom a gown is being tried adheres to the garment with thecontact of the same with the face as said gar- 1; ment is slipped on andoff.

It is therefore the object of my invention to eliminate this soiling ofgarments of this character and the accompanying losses or expense to theshopkeeper by the provision of a head cover- 20 ing for the prospectivecustomer on whom the garment is being tried, of such a nature that itmay be instantly placed on or removed from the head, which will, thencompletely cover the rouged portions of the face without interfering 25with the breathing or-visibility of the wearer and which besidesprotecting the garment from contact with the face will also protect thehair of the wearer from being possibly disarranged by the putting on orremoving of the garment over '30 the head. The coverings'are of a simpleand very inexpensive nature so that a supply may be kept in a shop andan individual one used for each customer and then given her without costfor her own use at home if she so desires, without '35 adding materiallyto-the expense of operation of the shop and saving many times their costin.

the protection afforded against damage to sometimes costly garments.

These objects I accomplish by means of such 40 structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claim.

In the drawing similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views;

45 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved protector showing thesame in position on a woman's head.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the protector detached, looking from theback;

60 Fig. 3 is a similar view of the protector folded.

. Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference onthedrawing, the protector comprises a head cover I- of bag-like form andpreferably made of cellophane or similar trans- 6 parent, flexible,light and water-proof material,

and of a size to freely fit over the'head. .The bag is formed withvertical relatively rigid edges 2 at the junction of the sides with eachother which extend to the top of the bag and act to holdv the latterfrom sagging down against and possibly 5 deranging the hair as well asholding the sides themselvesfrom contact with the corresponding portionsof the head, as indicated in Fig. 1.

The front side of the cover bag is provided with an opening 3 to exposethe eyes and through which the nose of the wearer freely projects, whilefully covering the cheeks and lips. The lower edge of the opening isintended to engage under the base of the nose back of the nostrils sothat free breathing is not interfered with, 16

while the lower edge of said Opening is cut vshaped so that it willtendto center itself relative to the nose and thus retain the bagcentered onthe head.

The lower open end of the cover bag is pro- 20 vided with a hem 4 allaround through which a draw cord or tape 5 is passed, so that the bagmay be taken in somewhat about the neck to prevent undesired upwardmovement of the cover which might otherwise be had with the withdrawingof a garment over the head. The cover is preferably fastened so that itmay be easily folded into a flat compact form convenient for keeping ina drawer or the like if the owner so desires.

As previously indicated, the covers are initially owned and kept by theshopkeepers, preferably in open and stacked relation so that one may beinstantly placed over the head of a prospective customer prior to tryingon a gown. The cover after having been used and removed may be eitherdiscarded or folded and given to the customer for her own use at home,to protect her coiifure and the gown when placing or removing the latterover the head. 40

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail'the 7 ible collapsible bagof transparent material, said bag being polygonal aided in formvertically and having sharp corners forming relatively rigid verticaledges to aid in maintaining the bag against collapse vertically whenonce extended, the in- 5 terior area of the bag when thus extended beingsuch as to permit the bag to be slipped into position over the headwithout disturbing or touching the coifiure thereof, and means to thendraw the mouth of the has about the neck of the wearer, the bag beingprovided with an opening to expose the eyes and nose of the wearer.

MARY VIRGINIA DAVIS.

